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0. J. VV` HIGBEE.

SNAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.11.1911.

1,004,260, Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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0. J. W. HIGBEE.

SNAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.11,1911.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911` 2 SHBETB-SHEBT Z.

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'ORLANDO J. w. HIGBEE. or' PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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y``Specification/o1Le'cters'atenti l Patente-Sepia 26, 1.911.

Application 'mec- Mar'h 11, 1911. serial N6. 613,861.

To all whom i/may concerns. A

Be it known that I, ORLANDO J. WV. Hic-- Jann, .a 'citizen'of ,the United States, and relsiding in the city of Pittsburg, in the .county lowing is' a. specification.

of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered'new andusef'ul' 1 'lniproveinents in Snaps,

Vof which lthev fol'- IMy'inifelitlon c'onsists'of a new and im-l4 .proved snapor tool for holding 'glassware or other articles. It yisyparticularly'intended for supporting and? holding the inner and i outergblanks'ror bottles of a vacuum wall re 'ceptacleduring 'the operation 'of fusing orv attaching together thelne'cks Aof the blanks. It-consistsof a central seat', preferabl i rais'ed'upon Whlichtheinner blank is place 5 anda second seat,l concentric therewith, for

the support of the outer blank, and retract ,able jaws-:adapted to'seizeisaid outer blank. f 4#In the accompanying drawings,"Figure 1` is ari-elevation'partially broken aWayln" scc- 'tion showing' the'inner blank seated'gon' the snap. and-'th'ejaws in their operative posi-r tion; Fig. 2fis asimilar yiewfbroken away 1n section/to 4a greater'degree, showing the.

linner andeouter blanks seated on thesnap., the-jaws'being shown in solid'lines grasping the outerlblank and 'in dotted 'linesjintheir retracted position; Fig, 3-,1s'a vertical secs.'

" .tionof a modified form of the-'snap with' theinne'r andouter blanksniounted thereon',I

I while Fig. 4 a similar; view in side elevat10n, the jaws being shownretracted.

:The "following isla ,description the drawings, reference. being first had to Figs.-

. -1' .and 2. 1 i`s a circular plate provided with a 'plurality of pairs of' pierced ears 2-2 spaced apart at equal distance about-the.

perimeter of the'plat-e 1. 3 isla seat, preferably raised, On-theupper surface of plate 1 and provided with a concave'd upper surface for the recept-ion'of the inner blank: A.

4 is the annular seat for the outer blank B,f V

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surrounding'thebase of seat 3 and lprefer-l ably formed by the top surface of 'late 1L jaws, .which .when in their operative ,position complete a circle. Each ]aw .5 is provided 'with a'n integral arm 6 which is pivoted loe-U..

tween' a pair 4of ears 2-2 and is jpivotally 4connected to 'twin bars 7-7 whose other ends. are pivoted to one of the radial ears 8j ofthe collar 9. 10 is a: tubular ,handle one of whose ends is assured, as by threaded at .tachment to the under surface` of plate 1 '.the floor.y vertically i t and 'collar .9' is'v'lslidinglypinounted on said 'handle 10.' 11 isa rod inserted in `handlel'O 'and provided onits b'utt'end with a toe-y piece 12.-. 13 is aspring coiled about ro'd 1I and, bearing at f its lower end. against toe piece'12-and atits upper endag'ainst vprojectionsior indentations 14-44 in the int,-

. rior of handle 10. l'.lheiactionfofthe spring 13 causes the toe-piecep12 to normally pretrude fromthe `butt end of Isaid handle 10.

The' upper end of'rod isprovided withva l cross-head or pin 15 which extends'throu'gh slots -in handle 10 yand having thev ends Se- .curedin'lholes in the collar 9, so thatwhen J the rodv 11 is normally.4 depressed Iby the springf13 the jaws-'545 are thrown'inwardly over the seat .-4 but when the spring y13 as compressed, as by'dro'pping' the tool vertically/s0 that :the -toe-'plece'l'strikes the floor., l"the jaws '5L--54 are retracted linto' ,th'e

positionshwn' in ddtted'lines inFig.-2. `,The -nuter blank B is preferably ,provided' with'anoutwardly Aezitenxilin'gfbead,or Iip b on/its lower open 'end-and the jaws 5,-5 are.

ing .or -opening ythe Jaws 5 5.1

the outer blankB slid down yoverthe same 4. vg Thev tool is now raised .to ypermit 4the spring 13 to depress' the r'olQl'l and ,throw the jawis 5-5 inwardly-against' the beaded',

end of the.l blank B, lthus holdingl the blank B .firmly '.in'place. The .necks of'ftheltwo blanks .'A- andv B telescope, asv shown, .and

may' now be introduced intoa gloryhole for' 'heating'so that theyma'y be used5orat-l tached together. After the necks -have'been rattachedythe toolvisy a ain'allowedto strike us"y drivin the A toepiece 12'up -into theI handle 10,' re easing' the `jaws 54-5 from the blank B anddpermtting the united'blanks to befremove from the to'ol for'- the` finishing operations.y

Figs. 3 land 4 show my invention applied to a modified form of snap wherein' the Iplate 1a is cupshapcd, having inclined inner 4 walls upon which are mounted thel jaws 5-5'by lmeans of pins 16-16 fixed in said jaws and engaging vertical slots 17-v-17 in the side ofplate 1. The seat member 3 is .separat-e from' the-plate la and is mounted on the upper 'end ofthe rod l1. The annun .seat member `3a. seat. member 3a are provided with 'coacting :incline surfaces e, d and e and4 f,A g and z,

lar seat La for the-outer blank B is formed by ,means of ,a circumferential flange on the The jaws 51-2-5 and the whereby', when thel seat member ,3a is held so' l ner blank, a second seat for the outer blank concentric vwith said first seat, 'and retractF in its lower position, as shown in Fig; 3,' by

compressed', the jaws *5aa' are' retracted 'into their open 'or inoperative position,'.to admit the` mounting of the blank'B on the tool or topermit tlie-disnnziuiiting of the united blanks froml the tool, as the casemay "L20" be. Thevuse ofthetool is similhrjto thatdescribed in connection with'Figs.A land 2. j

It vis evident from the above-that niy improved snap permits the ready' attachment ofthe two 'blanks A and B by--their necks, which attachment may be byV fusingl to. gether the necks of the ltwo blanks. for their entire lengthor 'by attaching the necks to-' getlier at the ends only, as may be desired.

What I desire to claiinis-f f 11. A snap composed of aseat for the in able jaws adapted. 4'to retain-the outer blank y' onsaid second seat.

2. A snap composed of a seat for the innerl blank, a second seat for the outer blank concentric with said first seat, retractable jaws adapted to 4retain the outeryblank' on said second sett, and resilient means for holding said jaws in their operative posi- 3. Asnapcon'posed of a l ner blank, a seca nd seat` for the outer blank seat for the ine.

concentric with the base of'said first seat,

vretractable jaws adapted to retain the outer blank on said second seat, vresilient means i for holding said jaws normally in their 0p- .eratirlfe position, and means for retracting said jaws intotheirinoperative position against theaction of said resilient means.

4.- A. snap composed of a raised seatffor the inner blank, a" second seat concentric with the base of said. first seat forthe outer' blank, jaws adapted to clasp the outer blank i to retain iton said second seat, and means -for normally retaining' said'jaws in their operative position. f

'5.' A..s' n ap composed of aa' central raised ,'seatfor the inner blank, a second 'seat of annular forni'foi the-outer blank and con` centric with the base of said first seat, jaws on said 'second-seat, resilient means for normally holding said jaws' in their operative position, and means for retractingsaid jaws into their inoperative position against the action of said resilient means.

' adapted to clasp the outer blank to retain it l Signed at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, this l' 2nd daj7 of March, 1911. j V ORLANDO J. W. nissen. lVitnesses i 'EDWARD A. LAWRENCE, T.l CHALMERS DUFF. 

